I wish I'd had drivers ed. My mum doesn't drive, so it's gonna cost me a bomb to learn.
Drivers Ed: I don't even remember my grade in this class, but I find this class so useless, I can learn how to drive just learning from my parents.
I wish I'd had drivers ed. My mum doesn't drive, so it's gonna cost me a bomb to learn.
Drivers Ed: I don't even remember my grade in this class, but I find this class so useless, I can learn how to drive just learning from my parents.
Slacked off on the SHSAT,... still got into York. Its decent, but you stuy kids get a butt load off stuffWe didnt get final grades back but according to the calculating sheets im going on a 95 average.
Freshman in Stuyvesant (the hardest damn school ever)
Canada ranges from 100 to 4. It's pretty weird.In America, GPA is remarkably inconsistent. I've seen scales from 3 to 15, higher number generally better. You can't really use a single number to accurately gauge academic performance, even if grades were a solid indication of this already, which they often aren't.
Could you elaborate on this? I've never seen anything higher than a 5, and taking all those AP classes seems ridiculous and I doubt anyone would do it anyway. Where is it that higher than a 5 (Probably 4.5 tbh) exists?In America, GPA is remarkably inconsistent. I've seen scales from 3 to 15, higher number generally better. You can't really use a single number to accurately gauge academic performance, even if grades were a solid indication of this already, which they often aren't.
It depends on the school system, most schools weight things on a 4.0 scale, with honors and AP being higher, but some systems don't have any weight on honors/AP, and some places have weird systems where an A isn't a 4.0, but like a 16 or something. It just depends on how the system is.Could you elaborate on this? I've never seen anything higher than a 5, and taking all those AP classes seems ridiculous and I doubt anyone would do it anyway. Where is it that higher than a 5 (Probably 4.5 tbh) exists?
That's 2040 total...Just got SAT scores in.
700 Reading
710 Math
630 Writing (weird since I got a 5 on my AP comp/lit exam)
2030 Total
I scored a 33 overall on my ACT last year.
If you got 10 points better, which would imply you probably did better than 99% of the US population, why would you take it again? Colleges will most likely not distinguish between a 2250 and a 2300. Both are competitive scores. Stop being annoyed and whining. It only makes you look arrogant and look like a prat.math >:(
CR: 800
Math: 710
W: 800
total: 2310
i took this test specifically to get a better math score... and i did... 10 points better lol. previously i had CR: 800, M: 700, W: 780, so i technically it was an improvement, i'm still a little annoyed.
it sucks that colleges dont really care about the writing section :(
Which school do you go to? And are you serious in saying that they look at in context of individual high schools? There's only 5 people in our school applying to Americans, and one kid got 2320 on his first try, so you just listed another worry for me.inb4jimbo
Math: 700 (770 carries over from my first time)
CR: 700
W: 670
Total: 2070 (2140 overall)
Meh, I'm a bit ticked that I wasted 4 hours for a net gain of 20 points, though some schools specifically said they look at the SAT scores in the context of the individual high school, and I blew everyone else out of the water.
chill man. regardless of what you may think, 700 is not that fantastic of a score and i believe it is reasonable for me to want to take the test a second time to improve it. i very much believed it within my ability to do much better, so i am (pay attention) a LITTLE annoyed that i didn't live up to my full potential and didn't really do much better on the one subject i was trying specifically to improve. that's all i'm saying.If you got 10 points better, which would imply you probably did better than 99% of the US population, why would you take it again? Colleges will most likely not distinguish between a 2250 and a 2300. Both are competitive scores. Stop being annoyed and whining. It only makes you look arrogant and look like a prat.
I'm wondering if you honestly think a 700 to a 750 math makes a huge difference? It's the difference between 2 points on the raw score, and, could be easily remedied by a decent math score in calculus, or a 750+ math II score. Again, sitting another 4 hour exam, only to get a 10 point difference sends the message to me and potential admission officers that you care more about the marks, rather than the intrinsic value of learning. But then again, most people don't give a shit about hte learning and focus on the marks, which university isn't about.chill man. regardless of what you may think, 700 is not that fantastic of a score and i believe it is reasonable for me to take the test for a second time to improve it, because i very much believed it within my ability to do much better. i also think it is reasonable to be slightly annoyed that i didn't do better in the one subject i was retaking the test for in the first place. colleges might not distinguish between a 2250 and a 2300, but they definitely will distinguish between a 1500/1600 vs a 1550+/1600, which is what i was aiming for.
Man I know that stuff and I'm still fucked for my Australian chemistry test which is tomorrow :(.SAT scores are in. 780 on chem. I was pleasantly surprised, considering I went "wtf" for acid and bases.
You're "supposed" to know, but everyone studies for them. SAT IIs are based on the curriculum you're supposed to follow so that you're "ready for" an American education, but that's completely bullshit. IB follows a 2 year system, and for people like me, who didn't finish half the chemistry they want which we complete in gr 12, but for the first part, know in depth in the subject, have to devote extra time to study for them (which isn't that hard, but time consuming).Man I know that stuff and I'm still fucked for my Australian chemistry test which is tomorrow :(.
Anyway I wanted to do the SAT's but my parents wouldn't let me cause of the additional cost. Three of my friends (who are all fairly average at my school) took the SAT's and got pretty damn high scores (will edit in later exactly what), so the fact that they are apparently way easier then our HSC exams means I'm fair cut I didn't get to do them :(. Might take a year off and do SAT's next year though. One question about them, are they the sort of test you study for or the kind that you just have to know your stuff?